Also ware, warree, warré, wharre, wharry. [Maori whare, ware house.] A Maori hut or native dwelling.
1833. H. Williams, in H. Carleton, H. W. (1874), 151. The Europeans, who were near us in a raupo whare (rush house).
1852. Mundy, Antipodes (1857), 179. A capital breakfast … was served in a handsome glass-windowed and carpeted warree.
1865. Pall Mall Gaz., 28 Sept., 9/2. Lounging among the wharres of a pah.
1875. Wood & Lapham, Waiting for Mail, 31. He pulled up … beside a wharry.
1892. E. Reeves, Homeward Bound, 63. A smart man he, and transacted his business in a very handsome wharè.
